House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide enhanced student loan relief to educators, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8896, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 4284 (119th) Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
- H.R. 4598 (119th) Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt…
- H.R. 9473 (119th) Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6049 (119th) No Payola Act
- H.R. 5774 (119th) Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 56 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men.
Related bills
- S. 4567 (119th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2026Identical bill
- H.R. 1757 (118th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 963 (118th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8856 (117th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2022Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 4867 (117th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2022Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.